TransPennine Express

[wirralbus]

RE: First Transpennine Express
Newcastle - Edinburgh is there a market for more trains between these points considering that Virgin Trains East Coast and Cross-Country already operate on this route , isn't another operator just abstracting revenue streams from them , then you have the potential for more open access operators as well , alongside freight companies , this line then looks a bit congested .

[St Helens Rider]

RE: First Transpennine Express
Think the idea maybe more of through journey opportunities although it is a bit of a round the houses route from Liverpool.

[wirralbus]

RE: First Transpennine Express
I would have thought one of the Manchester Airport jobs would have been better suited to Edinburgh via Newcastle . TPX know what there doing , don't they ?

[childwallblues]

RE: First Transpennine Express

(15/12/2015 08:05)wirralbus Wrote:  I would have thought one of the Manchester Airport jobs would have been better suited to Edinburgh via Newcastle . TPX know what there doing , don't they ?

Liverpool to Newcastle is already operating. Just an extension required.

[knutstransport]

RE: First Transpennine Express

(15/12/2015 08:05)wirralbus Wrote:  I would have thought one of the Manchester Airport jobs would have been better suited to Edinburgh via Newcastle . TPX know what there doing , don't they ?

Manchester Airport will have a service to Newcastle (via York) and Edinburgh (via Preston.) Edinburgh is actually west of Manchester so going via York is an indirect route.

[wirralbus]

RE: First Transpennine Express

(15/12/2015 09:54)knutstransport Wrote:  Manchester Airport will have a service to Newcastle (via York) and Edinburgh (via Preston.) Edinburgh is actually west of Manchester so going via York is an indirect route.

If you put it like that Liverpool is even further west than Manchester Airport , its near enough about as west as you could probably go other than Blackpool.

[childwallblues]

RE: First Transpennine Express
A problem in the Manchester Victoria area saw the 1612 to Newcastle diverted via Manchester Piccadilly tonight. In the opposite direction the PIS showed departures for Liverpool at 1637 (from Norwich) 1639 (from Newcastle) and 1655 (from Manchester Airport).

[Gordon V]

RE: First Transpennine Express

(15/12/2015 19:19)childwallblues Wrote:  A problem in the Manchester Victoria area saw the 1612 to Newcastle diverted via Manchester Piccadilly tonight. In the opposite direction the PIS showed departures for Liverpool at 1637 (from Norwich) 1639 (from Newcastle) and 1655 (from Manchester Airport).

All the Newcastle services from 1412-1912 ex Lime Street were diverted into Manchester Piccadilly due to a track circuit failure at Collyhurst.Fault fixed approx 1930.

[YN05 WKE]

RE: First Transpennine Express

(14/12/2015 22:07)T42 PVM Wrote:  Getting confused now as post 184 says the Glasgow one will stop at St Helens and its on the Merseytravel Website that it will stop here as well

Where on merseytravel website Terrance just looked and could not find anything about it

[wirralbus]

RE: First Transpennine Express
What they didnt say was which St Helens station.